The M.S. in Health Administration includes five core courses, five administrative courses (4 required, 1 elective), one health services elective component, and an integrative capstone course. Two graduate courses (6 credits) may be transferred with the approval of the Director as long as they meet program and University standards.
The requirements include the following twelve courses:
Core
Component (five
required)
- HAD 4025
Health Services Research
- HAD 4605
Health Administration
- HAD 4645
Health Care Organization
- HAD 4745
Ethics of Health Care
- HAD 4765
Managed Health Care
Administrative
Component (four
required)
- HAD 4655
Health Care Law
- HAD 4665
Health Care Informatics
- HAD 4675
Accounting for Health Care Organizations
- HAD 4685
Financial Management of Health Care Organizations
plus one
course from the following:
- HAD 4105
Health Information Management Systems Data and Infrastructure
- HAD 4115
Health Information Management Systems Applications
- HAD 4125
Computer-Based Patient Record (CPR)
- HAD 4145
Health Information Systems Resource Management
- HAD 4155
Health Care and the Internet
- HAD 4165
IT Project Management
- HAD 4635
Health Care Strategic Planning and Marketing
- HAD 4715
Hospital Administration
- HAD 4725 Managing Employee Relations in the Health Care Setting
- HAD 4775 International Health Care Systems
- HAD 4805
Health Policy
Health
Services Component (one
required):
- HAD 4625
Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability
- HAD 4955
Directed Research in Health Services
- HED 4625
Employee Assistance and Occupational Health
- HED 4785
Concepts of Mental Health
- HED 4795
Women and Health Care
- HED 4805
Epidemiology and Community Health
- HED 4815
Concepts of Nutrition and Health
- HED 4855
Stress and Crisis Management
- HED 4885
Addictions
- GRG 4005
Proseminar in Gerontology I
- HAD 5025
Fieldwork in Health Administration
- SOC 4205
Mental Health and the Law
- SOC 4255
Therapeutic Strategies in Criminal Justice
- SOC 4565
Sociology of Mental Health
Research
Component (one
required):
- HAD 6025
Integrative Capstone Course in Health Services
The Health
Administration program also offers degrees or concentrations in the following
areas (click on the links for degree or certificate requirements):
